Shakedown Beach - Hardcover

"A cheeky political satire...Here's proof that politics is funny when it isn't even trying."
---Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book Review "

"Reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel hijacked from South Florida and plopped down in South Jersey...a well-observed thriller." ---"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Dezenhall's best so far...entertaining, a witty tale of twisted ambitions, buried skeletons, campaign chicanery and a thug who just might be descended from the Jersey Devil." ---"Courier Post "(New Jersey)

"Dezenhall is the most mordantly funny writer not named Westlake, with an ear for the zinger, a lie detector that makes mincemeat of politicians and spinmeisters, and the ability to plot like Machiavelli." ---"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

A cheeky political satire...Here's proof that politics is funny when it isn't even trying. "Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review"

Reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel hijacked from South Florida and plopped down in South Jersey...a well-observed thriller. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Dezenhall's best so far...entertaining, a witty tale of twisted ambitions, buried skeletons, campaign chicanery and a thug who just might be descended from the Jersey Devil. "Courier Post (New Jersey)"

Dezenhall is the most mordantly funny writer not named Westlake, with an ear for the zinger, a lie detector that makes mincemeat of politicians and spinmeisters, and the ability to plot like Machiavelli. "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)""

A cheeky political satire...Here's proof that politics is funny when it isn't even trying. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel hijacked from South Florida and plopped down in South Jersey...a well-observed thriller. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Dezenhall's best so far...entertaining, a witty tale of twisted ambitions, buried skeletons, campaign chicanery and a thug who just might be descended from the Jersey Devil. Courier Post (New Jersey)

Dezenhall is the most mordantly funny writer not named Westlake, with an ear for the zinger, a lie detector that makes mincemeat of politicians and spinmeisters, and the ability to plot like Machiavelli. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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"A cheeky political satire...Here's proof that politics is funny when it isn't even trying." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"Reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel hijacked from South Florida and plopped down in South Jersey...a well-observed thriller." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Dezenhall's best so far...entertaining, a witty tale of twisted ambitions, buried skeletons, campaign chicanery and a thug who just might be descended from the Jersey Devil." --Courier Post (New Jersey)

"Dezenhall is the most mordantly funny writer not named Westlake, with an ear for the zinger, a lie detector that makes mincemeat of politicians and spinmeisters, and the ability to plot like Machiavelli." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Eric Dezenhall is the co-founder of Dezenhall Resources, one of the nation's leading crisis management firms, and is the author of two novels, Money Wanders and Jackie Disaster, and the nonfiction study, Nail 'Em! Confronting High Profile Attacks on Celebrities and Businesses which has been optioned for TV. He lives in Bethesda, MD.